1965 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

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This is a list of the 1965 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates.

There were 49 players at the 1965 event. [1] [2] [3] The school began on Monday October 25 and lasted 10 days in total. During the first three days, the players exclusively attended lectures. The topics included player conduct, the rules of golf, the relationship between golf and the law, and a number of other issues. Professional golfers like Chick Harbert, Jack Burke Jr., and Dave Marr provided the lectures. [4]

On Thursday October 28, the golf tournament proper began. It was played at PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida over 144 holes and lasted one week. [4] [3] Seventeen players graduated. [1] [3] [5]

According to Billy Booe, PGA Tournament Administrator, "it was not an impressive group" of graduates. [2] As of May 1966, only 4 of the 17 of them had made any money on tour and only two of them had been in the money multiple times. [6]

PlacePlayerNotes
1 Flag of the United States.svg John Schlee
2 Flag of the United States.svg John Josephson
3 Flag of the United States.svg Richard Canon
4 Flag of the United States.svg Ron Gillespie
T5 Flag of the United States.svg Richard Killian
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bob Rose
7 Flag of the United States.svg Dave Marad
T8 Flag of the United States.svg Randy Petri
Flag of the United States.svg Dave Philo
T10 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Fetters
Flag of the United States.svg Laurie Hammer
T12 Flag of the United States.svg Stanley Brion
Flag of the United States.svg Roy Siegel Jr.
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Frank Whibley
T15 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Colbert
Flag of the United States.svg William Giese
Flag of the United States.svg James Langley

Source: [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Clark, Chuck (September 11, 1966). "Puett To Attend Pro School for Golf Tour". Austin American-Statesman. p. D10. Retrieved June 22, 2021– via newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 Booe, Billy (August 23, 1968). "School Screens Pro Hopefuls; Must Pass Tough 144-Hole Test". The Hartford Courant. p. 44. Retrieved June 22, 2021– via newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 3 "Past champions: PGA Tour National Qualifying Tournament". PGA Tour. December 7, 2009. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012.
  4. 1 2 Wilson, Johnny (October 26, 1965). "PGA Sends Pros To School". The Miami News. p. 5B. Retrieved June 21, 2021– via newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "17 Qualify For Golf's Pro Tour" . Great Falls Tribune. Montana. Associated Press. November 5, 1965. p. 15 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Campbell, Gary (May 26, 1966). "About Golf". Oregon Statesman. p. 41. Retrieved June 22, 2021– via newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Gould, David (1999). Q-School Confidential: Inside Golf's Cruelest Tournament. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 238. ISBN   978-0312203559.
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